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George Joseph Fredri Heigenhauser

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Professor EmeritusMedicineMcMaster University

Research

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From the 150 most recent of 364 publications.

01

Low-load resistance training to task failure with and without blood flow restriction: muscular functional and structural adaptations

Pignanelli C, Petrick HL, Keyvani F, Heigenhauser GJF, Quadrilatero J, Holloway GP, Burr JF

American Journal of Physiology. Regulatory Integrative and Comparative Physiology202052 citations
02

Resting metabolic rate and skeletal muscle SERCA and Na+/K+ ATPase activities are not affected by fish oil supplementation in healthy older adults

Jannas‐Vela S, Klingel SL, Cervone DT, Wickham KA, Heigenhauser GJF, Mutch DM, Holloway GP, Spriet LL

Physiological Reports202011 citations
03

Dichloroacetate reveals the presence of metabolic inertia at the start of exercise in rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss, Walbaum 1792)

Wood CM, Pane EF, Heigenhauser GJF

Journal of Fish Biology20202 citationsSenior author
04

Incorporation of Omega-3 Fatty Acids Into Human Skeletal Muscle Sarcolemmal and Mitochondrial Membranes Following 12 Weeks of Fish Oil Supplementation

Gerling CJ, Mukai K, Chabowski A, Heigenhauser GJF, Holloway GP, Spriet LL, Jannas-Vela S

Frontiers in Physiology201949 citationsOpen Access
05

Assessment of Na+/K+ ATPase Activity in Small Rodent and Human Skeletal Muscle Samples.

Jannas-Vela S, Brownell S, Petrick HL, Heigenhauser GJF, Spriet LL, Holloway GP

Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise201911 citations
06

Slow V ˙ O 2 kinetics in acute hypoxia are not related to a hyperventilation-induced hypocapnia

Keir DA, Pollock M, Thuraisingam P, Paterson DH, Heigenhauser GJF, Rossiter HB, Kowalchuk JM

Respiratory Physiology and Neurobiology20188 citations
07

Pulmonary Circulation Transvascular Fluid Fluxes Do Not Change during General Anesthesia in Dogs

Frlic O, Seliškar A, Petrič AD, Blagus R, Heigenhauser G, Vengust M

Frontiers in Physiology20181 citations
08

Response

Whitfield J, Heigenhauser GJF, van Loon LJC, Spriet LL, Tupling AR, Holloway GP

Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise2018
09

Resistance exercise initiates mechanistic target of rapamycin (mTOR) translocation and protein complex co-localisation in human skeletal muscle

Song Z, Moore DR, Hodson N, Ward C, Dent JR, O’Leary MF, Shaw AM, Hamilton DL, Sarkar S, Gangloff Y-G

Scientific Reports2017123 citationsOpen Access
10

Beetroot Juice Increases Human Muscle Force without Changing Ca2+-Handling Proteins

WHITFIELD J, GAMU D, HEIGENHAUSER GJF, VAN LOON LJC, SPRIET LL, TUPLING AR, HOLLOWAY GP

Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise201784 citations
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